Major corporations come through for Katrina victims in a major way.
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Major corporations come through for Katrina victims in a major way.
Here's an article in today's New York Times detailing the many and extraordinarily generous ways corporations have come through for Katrina victims.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/14/business/14give.html
Here are a few quotes:
General Electric donated a mobile power plant to restore capacity to a fuel transfer station in Louisiana. Emigrant Savings Bank deposited $1,000 into the account of each customer in the areas hardest hit. Employees of Papa John's spent the last week in Biloxi, Miss., in a pizza trailer handing out thousands of six-inch pies.
Georgia Pacific sent 65 truckloads of consumer goods - toilet paper, paper towels, paper plates, cutlery - to relief organizations, more than three times the amount it sent all last year during hurricane season.
In addition to its $17 million in cash donations to relief agencies, Wal-Mart has shipped more than 100 truckloads of goods - diapers, wipes, toothbrushes, even beds - to the Gulf Coast.
Intel, based in Santa Clara, Calif., whose gift of $1 million has been matched by more than $2 million from employees and the company's foundation, continues to pay the 200 employees who are volunteering at home or around the affected areas.
And something that really hit me:
As Howard P. Milstein, the chief executive of Emigrant Savings, saw it, there was no question but that an outsize gesture was called for. So last week, dismissing the concerns of his advisers, Mr. Milstein ordered that $1,000 be deposited into the accounts of customers living in areas hit hardest by the hurricane.
Mr. Milstein said he had thought there were only a few hundred customers in the area, but when he found out there were closer to a thousand, he stood by his decision.
The bank's total donation - $1 million - cut straight into the company's bottom line. "This would have been profit that we get to keep," Mr. Milstein said.
Read the whole article. I am really, really impressed.
Thanks for posting this Ginny. What great news for those who need it right now. Hopefully some light at the end of a very long tunnel. 
Very impressive!
In our local Wal-Mart stores ( I live where the headquarters are located ) we have signs on empty spots in the shelves that read 'Due to the Hurricane we have re-routed shipment of these products to the affected areas in need. We apologize for any inconvenience.' LOL I dont mind being inconvenienced one bit if it provides some relief for those in need!!!!
Lets no forget the ins agencies. My friends dh was sent to Florida last yr from Arkansas after the hurricanes. He had to stay in do claims for 3 mos. He was sent to do storm duty again 2 weeks ago in Louisiana and she will be alone with her 2 kids for 6 mos (minimum)...
The affects of this storm are so wide spread!
Thanks for sharing this so many people are doing such great works right now!
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